We are in a campaign in which we are bringing the full strength of the IDF to the battle, as never before, to ensure our existence and our future. But we are also bringing to this campaign the assistance of the United States, my friend, US President Donald Trump, and the US military. This coalition of forces allows us to do what I have yearned to do for 40 years: smite the terror regime hip and thigh. This is what I promised – and this is what we shall do (statement by Prime Minister Netanyahu – 1 March 2026).

Each sentence reflects intoxication of power, arrogance, and a sense of invincibility, superiority, and bloodletting. He reckons with the reality that he has been harbouring the dream of destroying Iran, only to clear his way to Greater Israel. Was Iran a terror or a phalanx against Israeli expansionism? Former US President Barack Obama revealed a few days ago that Netanyahu had also been pleading with him for an invasion of Iran, and that he had always advocated a diplomatic approach to keep Iran away from nuclear capability.

Finally, he duped the capricious Donald Trump, who was lyrically eloquent against wars in his election campaign, and presented himself later as a man of peace. Duped by his deceptive demeanour, some leaders endorsed him for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

President Donald Trump has been showing increasing signs of frustration, anger, and nervousness, as the USA’s allies in the Middle East and the West snub him by declining to join this illegal, purposeless, and ill-conceived war. The European Union and European countries have refused to send warships to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

In a similar rebuke, the majority of the Middle Eastern allies have also closed their airspace for war-related flights. President Donald Trump is alone and isolated over matters related to his mindless invasion of Iran on presumptions........

© The Friday Times